I am currently teaching myself C++ (and also being taught by kluge, though he’s doing more C than C++), and although I can write code at school, there are exactly three days left in the school year. I would like to keep learning over the summer, but I haven’t been able to find any places where I can download a programming environment (What’s the word for that, anyway? I know it’s not ‘compiler’, because that’s something else…), especially one small enough to fit on a floppy. I need a floppy because I want to use this on my computer with no connection to the internet, and my dad doesn’t like it when I switch the connection over.
So, is anyone able to interpret that mess of an OP and help me out?
The word (or acronym) you are looking for is IDE - “Integrated Development Environment”, which usually consists of (at least) a text editor, compiler and debugger. However, you won’t find one small enough to fit on a floppy disk, the one I use takes up about 4 CDs.
Probably your best bet is GCC, the GNU compiler collection available here.
The term you are looking for is “IDE” (Integrated Development Environment). The only download I know of is Borland, and that’s a trial version that expires in 30 days, IIRC.
One thing I am somewhat sure of. You are not going to get a full IDE on a floppy or even onto a manageable number of floppies. Borland’s Enterprise Trial is 174 Mb, and I’m sure any other IDE’s that may exist will be in the same neighborhood. However, if you have access to a PC that can write to CD, and your dad’s computer has a CD reader, you’re in luck. If you can’t write to CD, Borland does offer a “C++BuilderX Enterprise Trial CD” (look through the “Borland Store”, you’ll find it) for a mere $10. If you can afford a little more, you may want to look into Microsoft’s “Visual C++ .NET Standard”, which is about $100.
If your dad’s computer doesn’t have a CD reader, you’re out of luck. Sorry.
I’ll 2nd BloodShed Software’s Dev-C++. Although, I’ve primarily used it to write straight C code, it beats the pants off MS Visual Studio 6.0 anyday, IMHO. I love the fact it uses the Mingw port of GCC since I often have to write code to compile in both Linux and Windows.
All I really want is somewhere to write the code, somewhere to convert it to assembly, and somewhere to run it on my PC. I don’t need any of this automatic debugging or tutorial stuff; I have a textbook.
